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Judge orders Trump accounting firm to hand over records to Congress

In court, Douglas N. Letter, general counsel of the House of Representatives, has charged that the lawsuit would dismiss Congress’s constitutional oversight powers as “a nuisance . . . getting in [Trump’s] way while he’s trying to run the country.”

Joe Biden beats Trump in 2020 by most secure margins, new poll shows

Mr Biden is the only Democrat in the poll whose lead over Mr Trump is outside the margin of error in the new Fox News poll

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Pelosi Declares Nation Is in a ‘Constitutional Crisis’

Democratic leaders may wait to pair the Judiciary Committee’s contempt recommendations with another, most likely from the Intelligence Committee should its conflict with the Justice Department get to that point.

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10 Years Of Trump’s Tax Information Released By New York Times

10 Years Of Trump’s Tax Information Released By New York Times

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Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Reportsserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report

By asserting executive privilege, the White House is denying Congress access to the evidence gathered during Mueller's investigation. The House Judiciary Committee has issued subpoenas for the materials.

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House Democrats moved to hold a contempt vote against Attorney General William P. Barr, who has not released the fuller Mueller report.CreditCreditErin Schaff/The New York Times

Treasury denies Democrats' request for Trump tax returns

The White House and the president's attorneys declined to comment on the deadline to turn over Trump's returns.

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President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he departs after the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point football team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP

Michael Cohen reports to prison after Trump hush-money plea

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Monday that "there still remains much to be told" about the president, as his feud with his ex-boss continues.

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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves his apartment in New York on May 6, 2019.Jeenah Moon / Reuters

Pelosi fears Trump may borrow page from Democratic playbook by challenging 2020 election legitimacy

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned her fellow Democrats that Donald Trump may question the legitimacy of the 2020 election if he loses by a slim margin – a cowardly political tactic not seen since the Democrats lost in 2016.

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2019. © Reuters / Yuri Gripas

Report claims FBI ‘spied on Trump’

Donald Trump has said a story written by The New York Times that the FBI used a woman to spy on the Trump campaign will be “bigger than Watergate”.

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Donald Trump says the Obama Administration spied on his campaign. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

Pelosi: Barr committed a crime by lying to Congress

“Nobody is above the law. Not the president of the United States, and not the attorney general.“

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Nancy Pelosi expressed her frustration with Attorney General William Barr's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, telling colleagues that she couldn't sleep after Wednesday's hearing. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Barr takes shots at Mueller during tense Senate hearing

The attorney general went on the offensive after it was revealed Mueller twice pushed Barr to release Russia probe summaries.

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Robert Mueller wrote that Attorney General William Barr’s summary “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of the investigation. | Win McNamee/Getty Images

William Barr hearing live updates: Mueller frustrated as AG faces lawmakers

Attorney General William Barr said that during a March meeting with special counsel Robert Mueller, Mueller "reiterated several times in a group meeting that he was not saying that but for the OLC [Office of Legal Counsel] opinion he would have found obstruction."

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US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein quits

US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has handed in his resignation to President Donald Trump.

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AFP / Rod Rosenstein: "We enforce the law without fear or favour"

Joe Biden Holding Kickoff Fundraiser At Comcast Exec’s Home

But he says he won’t take money from federal lobbyists.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to launch his 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday morning.

Former Vice President Joe Biden Announces 2020 Presidential Run

With an early-morning tweet and accompanying video, former Vice President Joe Biden announced that he is making a third run for his Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, but some Democrats are bracing for a rough start

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Trump threatens Supreme Court fight with Democrats over impeachment

Donald Trump has vowed to go directly to the US Supreme Court if the Democrats try to impeach him, however his threat may have already encountered a major obstacle.